Efefiong AkpanFeb 53 minSales Tools: Logline, Synopsis and Tagline. As is widely known in television or film any logline summarizes a story in one or two sentences. It must interest the reader and explain the story’s central ...
Efefiong AkpanMar 203 minAbout Us: What We Are Do Care About.Whose story is it all about? Who is telling the story or from whose poin t of view are we experiencing it? What manner, creed or kind of man is your protagon...
Efefiong AkpanMar 182 minNew World Rules Breed War!Mark Federman, Chief Strategist, McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology rephrases Marshall McLuhan’s phenomenal statement, ‘The Medium is the message….’ F...
Efefiong AkpanMar 123 minFamiliarity Brings Love Fights Dangerous Insult!Meaningful cinematic organization of screenplays’ opening scenes after FADE IN is the best way to attract, keep, entertain and add value to any film audience...
Efefiong AkpanMar 63 minHearts or Head Felt Entertainment!Some writers may not understand need to engage audiences beyond common entertainment. Ignorance of a certain ‘need’ factor may begin and end with just fillin...
Efefiong AkpanFeb 282 minAnother Story Again!Screenwriters have debated on the delicate relationship between plot and character experience, driven stories. That relationship is also about writers’ self-...
Efefiong AkpanFeb 253 min“Liar! Liar! Liar!”Some movie producers, writers or creative executives rely on grannies’ village folktales, while others transform media news stories for their next movie stor...
Efefiong AkpanFeb 193 minThe Screenwriter’s Dry-Run!A movie screenplay treatment is an expanded form of the synopsis. Whereas the synopsis may not likely exceed five pages, the treatment, scene-by-scene breakd...
Efefiong AkpanFeb 113 minLogline Diagnostics!Brilliant, honest and adopted teenage girl [PROTAGONIST], fights school corruption among her parents-teachers association, students and staff [ANTAGONISM] st...
Efefiong AkpanJan 273 minConnect Events and Satisfy Your Screenplay Audience. “If, in the first chapter, you say there is a gun hanging on the wall, you should make quite sure that it is going to be used further on in the story.” — Ant...
Efefiong AkpanJan 32 minWhat Does Your Elephant Look, Feel Or Sound Like? A distinctive writer’s voice commands reputation and pride, not to mention earning livelihood. Therefore screenwriters and filmmakers desire to be captivatin...
Efefiong AkpanDec 18, 20193 minUnforgettable Blockbusters Are Sold on Paper!Why should Nollywood, which unarguably started on the business intuition of some businessmen in 1990s to make money lack investors? FilmLab’s position is so...
Efefiong AkpanDec 11, 20193 minA Clear Message to the Enemy!Every story has a flag or standard bearer. In military terms he or she is the officer or soldier of an army, who carries the symbol of identity. This could b...
FilmLab NigeriaNov 25, 20192 minWrite with Logic to Hook Your Audience!Logic is strong ingredient added to premise, plot, characters and dialogue among others. It is the mode of reasoning that connects screenplays or move storie...
FilmLab NigeriaNov 20, 20192 minSecond Bass‘What we often don't do is take a moment to connect what …’ is ‘…happening in our personal lives at the moment...’ with ‘…larger events.'-AJ Detisch Every hu...
FilmLab NigeriaNov 20, 20192 minYour Audio -Visual Signature-First Audience Impressions!What are you typing on the first blank page of your screenplay? After FADE IN comes the OPENING SCENE HEAD. Under the scene head comes the first public appea...
Film Lab NigeriaNov 17, 20192 minPain, Imbalance, Inequity or Bitterness!The very first phrase on that blank sheet to kick-off your screenplay hero or heroine’s journey, is ‘FADE IN.’ That again depends on your screenwriting softw...
Film Lab NigeriaApr 26, 20191 minSome tips and advice from Filmmaking Blogs Filmmaking blogs are arguably the best way to learn the craft of filmmaking and to be inspired creatively. 1- NoFilmSchool Nofilmschool is one of the best new...
